Melvins Echo 30 Diciembre 07

[highjinx]

tonight (the) Melvins stone us! 4 cheers!

[GrimReaper]

Where are the reviews??????

[supernaut]

o my fucking god... they absolutely killed it tonight. same setlist as lately, the one that starts with "It's Shoved", but with a song or three more, including NIGHT GOAT, but minus Dwight Fry.

did anyone get there in time to see the "surprise opener"? during their set, the dude from 400 Blows said it was Melvins,  but we didn't get inside in time to be able to confirm this.

oh and the NYE 2008 "See you in HELL" devil shirts are way cool too.

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

o my fucking god... they absolutely killed it tonight. same setlist as lately, the one that starts with "It's Shoved", but with a song or three more, including NIGHT GOAT, but minus Dwight Fry.

did anyone get there in time to see the "surprise opener"? during their set, the dude from 400 Blows said it was Melvins,  but we didn't get inside in time to be able to confirm this.

oh and the NYE 2008 "See you in HELL" devil shirts are way cool too.

Good show, similar setlist as San Diego, Tweak Bird didn't show so Melvins played two sets, shirt pictures coming later, no show poster, but some nice guy (talked with him a bit, not being facetious) was selling the most random, inappropriate bootleg silkscreen posters outside.  Nice guy, but .. bizarre.  Looked like entire melvins crew was there, Mackie, Maureen, Adam, Camella, Dan, + more.  I found out I cant text and drink at the same time.  400 blows has a new drummer, they don't seem as great as they used to.  Woo!

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

[Buick GN]

Woooo Hoooo!

Make your bed!  Do you recall if XXL shirts were being sold?

[supernaut]

Good show, similar setlist as San Diego, Tweak Bird didn't show so Melvins played two sets, shirt pictures coming later, no show poster, but some nice guy (talked with him a bit, not being facetious) was selling the most random, inappropriate bootleg silkscreen posters outside.  Nice guy, but .. bizarre.  Looked like entire melvins crew was there, Mackie, Maureen, Adam, Camella, Dan, + more.  I found out I cant text and drink at the same time.  400 blows has a new drummer, they don't seem as great as they used to.  Woo!

goddammit serves me right for lagging... what did they play during the first set?

video or audio, anyone? this was a great gig. sounded great on the echoplex' system... can't wait to see OM there in a few weeks.

[supernaut]

Woooo Hoooo!

Make your bed!  Do you recall if XXL shirts were being sold?

i got an XL but its on the big side of XL... its a shitty Gildan brand shirt though so it might shrink. they had American Apparel for the girls version of the shirt, but Gildan for dudes. If any Melvins merch people are reading this, please try to use AA tees in the future -- i know they're all trendy and shit, but the truth is they fit better and are better quality. especially when the graphics themselves are so killer. i'd pay the extra buck or two. as Beyonce says, "upgrade, upgrade".

[glen]

didn't I tell you to clean your room?

[Buick GN]

Woooo Hoooo!

Make your bed!  Do you recall if XXL shirts were being sold?

i got an XL but its on the big side of XL... its a shitty Gildan brand shirt though so it might shrink. they had American Apparel for the girls version of the shirt, but Gildan for dudes. If any Melvins merch people are reading this, please try to use AA tees in the future -- i know they're all trendy and shit, but the truth is they fit better and are better quality. especially when the graphics themselves are so killer. i'd pay the extra buck or two. as Beyonce says, "upgrade, upgrade".

Thanks s-naut..

Being 6' - 3"  XLs don't cut it.

[perusha]

Does anyone know what kind of a set list the Melvins did in place of Tweakbird?  Just curious if it was the same set or completely different songs.

Melvins did sound amazing last night (as usual) but got there right when 400 Blows went on.  400 Blows doesn't seem quite as powerful with the new drummer, which is too bad.  Just not quite the same without Ferdinand.
The bootleg poster guy was just insane, but when you think about it, it's kind of a weird backhanded complement to the Melvins that someone thinks there is actually a "market" for that?  F that guy anyway though, hope he didn't sell any.

And BTW, it was heartbreaking for me to see after the show the amount of people giving the Mexican food vendors shit outside of the door.  There were a couple of women hot dog vendors who were receiving all kinds of comments from just these idiots just for being there which was very insulting and borderline racist.  Sorry, but true.  I was really shocked.  For those that don't know, Echo Park is historically a Mexican and New Immigrant neighborhood for generations and the only reason the Echo is even there is due to the hyper gentrification going on.  Whatever, it was just f'd up to see that.  Certainly no one on this site would stoop that low...

But the moral of the story is:  Melvins is THE best live band in the history of the world.  Period.

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

Woooo Hoooo!

Make your bed!  Do you recall if XXL shirts were being sold?

I do not think they had XXL, I think it was just Large, XLarge, and Girls Large.

[Idlehanz]

Woooo Hoooo!

Make your bed!  Do you recall if XXL shirts were being sold?

I do not think they had XXL, I think it was just Large, XLarge, and Girls Large.

fucking cool!  hope they have some left

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

didn't I tell you to clean your room?

[Buick GN]

Woooo Hoooo!

Make your bed!  Do you recall if XXL shirts were being sold?

I do not think they had XXL, I think it was just Large, XLarge, and Girls Large.

grumble, mumble, frickin, frack, son of...